茵

茵	U+8335, 茵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8335

← 茴
[U+8334]

CJK Unified Ideographs

茶 →
[U+8336]

Translingual

Han character

茵 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿田大 (TWK) or 難廿田大 (XTWK), four-corner 4460₀, composition ⿱艹因)

a cushion, mattress
wormwood
Skimmia japonica

Derived characters

𡟻, 𪶲, 𮖡

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30914
Dae Jaweon: page 1487, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3204, character 4
Unihan data for U+8335

Chinese

trad.		茵
simp. ^#		茵
alternative forms		裀筃鞇 “(carriage) cushion”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (因) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
欭	*qrils
烟	qiːn, qin
胭	*qiːn
咽	qiːn, qiːns, *qiːd
恩	*qɯːn
煾	*qɯːn
因	*qin
姻	*qin
茵	*qin
鞇	*qin
氤	*qin
洇	*qin
駰	qin, qrin
絪	*qin
裀	*qin

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīn (yin¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yin
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹
  - Yale: yīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: in
  - Palladius: инь (inʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jan¹
  - Yale: yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in
  - Tâi-lô: in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: yn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³/

Middle Chinese: 'jin

Rime
Character	茵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	於眞切
Baxter	'jin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔin/
Li Rong	/ʔiĕn/
Wang Li	/ĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qin/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15178
Phonetic component	因
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	因
Old Chinese	/*qin/
Notes	因轉註字

Definitions

茵

cushion; mattress
used in 茵蒀 and 茵陳／茵陈 (yīnchén)
a surname

Compounds

丙馭吐茵 / 丙驭吐茵
墜茵落溷 / 坠茵落溷
居不重茵
文茵
碧草如茵
綠茵 / 绿茵 (lǜyīn)
綠草如茵 / 绿草如茵
茵夢湖 / 茵梦湖
茵席之臣
茵芋
茵蒀 (yīnyūn)
茵蔯 / 茵𫈟 (yīnchén)
茵蔯蒿 / 茵𫈟蒿 (yīnchénhāo)
茵藉 / 茵借
茵陳 / 茵陈 (yīnchén)
茵陳蒿 / 茵陈蒿 (yīnchénhāo)
茵飪 / 茵饪
莱茵河 (Láiyīn Hé)
車茵 / 车茵
重茵
錦茵 / 锦茵
飄茵落溷 / 飘茵落溷

Japanese

Kanji

茵

(Hyōgai kanji)

A coin

Readings

Go-on: いん (in)
Kan-on: いん (in)
Kun: しとね (shitone)

Korean

Hanja

茵 • (in) (hangeul 인)

mat, cushion

Vietnamese

Han character

茵: Hán Nôm readings: nhân

mattress